England Netball Inter Regional Tournament

WELL DONE to 2 of our young Wiltshire athletes representing South West 1 Squad in the England Netball Inter Regional Tournament this weekend in Essex!! Runners up in the Cup!!

Pictured below: Abby Miles - 2nd from the left & Kirsty Harris 5th from the left. (both Lawn Netball Club players)

Abby Miles - 2nd from the left & Kirsty Harris 5th from the left

Coaching - Message from Helen Glasgow

I am now the coaching officer for WCNA and trying to provide some clarity....Coaching courses. WCNA will pay 50% of the course providing it is justified but we have a tight budget. WCNA and WASP have formed a partnership that will support the 50% however again there will be conditions and 5 hours voluntary coaching for County needs.

Will try and mail you all with how we can do things better.

Have got Netball Coach vacancies for after school clubs at Holyrood in Swindon and John O Gaunts in Trowbridge, Club coach required Delta Reds Swindon Netball﻿.

Congratulations

Congratulations

Huge congratulations to the following who have recently passed umpiring theory assessments. Barry Boyd (Pinehurst) and Sam Parker (Raychem) - working towards the A award. Jenna Goodright (Pinehurst) and Maria Bailey (Raychem) - working towards the B award. Full house again for Wiltshire Netball.

Congratulations

Also to Heidi Robbins (Wootton Bassett) who has gained the beginners umpire award.

Wiltshire Volunteers Recognised at Regional Goalden Globes

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On Sunday, in the blistering heat, seven of our nominated volunteers and their invited guests headed down to Taunton for the Netball South West Goalden Globe Award ceremony. In amongst a dazzling spread of Blue and Gold reflecting the success of our local Team Bath Superleague franchise, our Wiltshire representatives did the whole County proud.

In amongst the mounting tension, we were thrilled to learn that two of our volunteers had been recognised by the Regional Selection Panel for their outstanding efforts this year:

Kelly Allen from Raychem Netball Club in Swindon was awarded the 2013 Officials Award for her outstanding contribution to Officiating in the County and Trudie Procter from Devizes Netball Club won the Mary Bullock Administrator Award for her outstanding contribution to the development of Junior Netball in the County. For More CLICK HERE

An Official Get Together

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On Tuesday 16th July a core group of Officials gathered at the WASP offices in Devizes for a WCNA Umpire Development review. The meeting marked the start of a new journey for Officiating, as never before have such a large number of those involved in Umpire Development from each of our three Netball Leagues been brought together in one room to discuss how best we can achieve the targets written in the Wiltshire Netball County Plan.

Wiltshire AGM Awards

At the recent AGM awards were made to volunteers for their commitment to Netball in Wiltshire. Pat Harris, Wiltshire Chair, made presentations to the following: Karen Davison, back left, from Moredon Netball Club, who has had to resign her post as Vice Chair, as she has moved to Gloucestershire. Many thanks for her support of the Committee over the past few years and for the experience she has brought to the Role. Steve Richmond, back right, who has given several years support as Wiltshire Development Officer. Steve, from Pinehurst NC is also involved with Junior Netball in Swindon. Mo Squires, who was on the Wiltshire Committee for several years as Chair, Vice Chair, Wiltshire Senior Manager and Junior Coach. Mo was unable to attend the AGM and therefore does not appear in the photograph. Both Steve and Mo have retired from the Committee, but both are still very much involved in Netball in Swindon. Many thanks to them both! Sharon Panes, front right, who has received her Long Service Medal, giving over 25 years of volunteering as both Umpire and Coach to Croft Netball Club and also works with a local School. Anyone who has seen the quality of Junior Players produced by the Club will recognize the hard work that Sharon and others have put into the development of young players. Pat Harris

VOLUNTEER for your the Wiltshire County Netball Committee!!

As discussed at the recent AGM Wiltshire have several vacancies on the Committee, they are not only valuable roles for the County to have but really rewarding and also a chance to really get involved with the development of netball both in the County & Region!CURRENT VACANCIES

ENGLAND NETBALL EXCEL TRIALS COMPLETE

ENGLAND NETBALL EXCEL TRIALS COMPLETE - WELL DONE TO ALL WHO ATTENDED!! Excel Academy Trials have now been completed and selections have been made, this year we saw an amazing 115 U14 & 50 U16 athletes attend trails over 2 weekends in May, as you can appreciate selection was hard as we have some very talented young netballers in Wiltshire, to view the successful athletes please see Performance tab.